This past year has been twelve months of reading about AI, talking about AI, strategising about AI, experimenting with AI and observing AI in organisations. It feels like there have been a lot more questions than answers, however, when it comes to assessing AI’s effects. There is a palpable mood of generalised uncertainty, whether that’s prospects for a bursting AI bubble, when artificial general intelligence (AGI) might arrive or AI’s elusive productivity impacts.
SAF in 2026 is a focal point for climate ambition, energy security and industrial strategy, revealing both the scale of the challenge ahead and the breadth of solutions now taking shape. As we look towards 2026, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) sits at the intersection of climate ambition, energy security, and industrial strategy. Aviation has no near-term substitute for liquid fuels, which makes SAF not simply a decarbonisation lever, but a test of how quickly and intelligently the energy system can evolve.
The global energy landscape is undergoing a shift, but not the kind of reversal that some commentators have described. Rather than abandoning the transition to cleaner energy, governments and companies are recalibrating it, adjusting pace, priorities, and investment flows in response to economic pressures, geopolitical realities, and the stubborn rise in global energy demand.
There can be no energy security without climate security. Wild weather will hit offshore oil platforms and wind turbines, electricity cables and hydroelectric dams. Rising seas will flood petroleum refineries and nuclear power plants. Merciless heat waves will bring blackouts. But those who acknowledge the severity of the climate crisis still have genuine, well-founded concerns over the costs and risks of a very rapid shift to a low-carbon energy system, writes Robin M. Mills in his latest monthly column.
The first three weeks of 2026 have delivered a sharp reminder that geopolitics, not balances alone, will set the tone for oil markets this year. The capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, US President Donald Trump’s explicit threat of military action against Iran, and Washington’s revived push to acquire Greenland - now spilling into trade tensions with Europe - have together reinforced a core reality for traders and policymakers alike: supply uncertainty is back front-and-centre, even as prices appear deceptively calm.
Energy Connects, a global energy media platform by dmg events, has appointed a Global Advisory Board to strengthen its vision as the world’s leading source of thought leadership, analysis and intelligence in the energy sector.
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